Covering Energy Demands of Africa with Radiative Cooling and Solar Collection using a Single Device
Abstract
The Radiative Collector and Emitter (RCE) is a renewable technology which enables heating and cooling in a single device. It is an innovative concept which reduces the dependency on fossil fuels, and therefore diminishes the carbon footprint. Africa, as a whole, presents a high demand of cooling and covering these needs with renewable energy is possible thanks to Radiative Cooling (RC). A simulation is performed in the north of Africa to determine the relation between cooling and Domestic Hot Water (DHW) demands compared with the renewable energy produced. Results show an annual coverage of the cooling demand of 30.73%, while DHW is fully covered with solar collection.